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their terrorist allies who would try to attack the united states. what this incident makes clear is that this country has to continue to remain vigilant against those that would seek to attack this country. >> we'll have the latest on this story at the top of the show. plus, debating gay marriage. it was a great case of tell me what you really think. yesterday vice president joe biden came out in favor of same-sex marriage. it's assumed he was speaking for himself, not for the president. opposing gay marriage is no longer a slam dunk for republicans. americans' attitude towards gays and gay marriage are changing incredibly fast. but, how biden's from the heart declaration will affect the election is anyone's guess. also, president obama kicked off his re-election campaign this wct weekend by rejecting the question, are you better off than you were four years ago? he said the right question is, where are we going to go from here? romney, he said, wants to go back to the policies that got us into this mess. and one thing that keeps team obama up at ni
their terrorist allies who would try to attack the united states. what this incident makes clear is that this country has to continue to remain vigilant against those that would seek to attack this country. >> we'll have the latest on this story at the top of the show. plus, debating gay marriage. it was a great case of tell me what you really think. yesterday vice president joe biden came out in favor of same-sex marriage. it's assumed he was speaking for himself, not for the president....
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. >> i am vice president of the united states of america. the president sets the policy. i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men marrying women are entitled to the same rights, all the civil rights, civil liberties, and quite frankly i don't see much of a distinction beyond that. >> vice president biden on "meet the press" with david gregory. the white house quickly responded maintaining the vice president's comments don't really differ with the president's stance. a statement released -- the vice president was saying what the president has said previously, that committed and loving same-sex couples deserve the same rights and protections enjoyed by all americans and we oppose any efforts to roll back those rights. the vice president was expressing he too is evolving on the issue after meeting so many committed couples and families in this country. >>> officials in yemen have confirmed that a top al qaeda leader has been killed by an american drone strike. yemeni authorities say al kuzo was killed, was on
. >> i am vice president of the united states of america. the president sets the policy. i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men marrying women are entitled to the same rights, all the civil rights, civil liberties, and quite frankly i don't see much of a distinction beyond that. >> vice president biden on "meet the press" with david gregory. the white house quickly responded maintaining the vice...
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states. i mean, if everybody started shooting everybody that they had a disagreement with, all we'd be doing is shooting each other. there's enough of that anyway. but that doesn't accomplish anything except gets people shot and escalate into -- into war. >> what would you do about iran if you were the american president? >> well, first of all, i believe in total nuclear disarmament. that's the only way we're ever going to -- we all got to play by the same set of rules. we have 2,000 or several thousand nuclear weapons. iran has none at the current time. it's okay for israel to have 100, but it's not okay for iran to have 2. that's -- that's -- they're not treating everybody equally, and you -- you have no strong position except force. only by force can anything be done. i think we've already voted at the u.n. and the security council to get rid of nuclear weapons. let's get rid of them. let's get rid of ours, and then iran will stop, i believe, and so everybody else will because if everybody
states. i mean, if everybody started shooting everybody that they had a disagreement with, all we'd be doing is shooting each other. there's enough of that anyway. but that doesn't accomplish anything except gets people shot and escalate into -- into war. >> what would you do about iran if you were the american president? >> well, first of all, i believe in total nuclear disarmament. that's the only way we're ever going to -- we all got to play by the same set of rules. we have...
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states, or wanted to, and try to do in the united states. you know, 55% of the gross domestic product of france is public sector spending. so you start to cut that back, in the name of austerity -- >> yeah. >> and you're going to put a big dent in your gdp. in your growth. that's what he doesn't want to do. >> you look at debt restructuring. which is where this is headed. >> mm-hmm. >> sovereign debt restructuring, pick whatever you want to do. the greek debt restructuring focused on restructuring the inside money. the unions, the pensions, as opposed to the outside money. the banks took cuts but not nearly the degree to which they put in a marshal plan type of environment. we see the same thing in u.s. financing where we say we're going to take the housing cuts out of fannie and freddie and the first mortgage in order to protect the second mortgage, which should be where the first cut happens. >> right. >> how much will hollande's emergence, if at all, affect the risk of write-downs at big banks for their debt? >> well, you know, i think wh
states, or wanted to, and try to do in the united states. you know, 55% of the gross domestic product of france is public sector spending. so you start to cut that back, in the name of austerity -- >> yeah. >> and you're going to put a big dent in your gdp. in your growth. that's what he doesn't want to do. >> you look at debt restructuring. which is where this is headed. >> mm-hmm. >> sovereign debt restructuring, pick whatever you want to do. the greek debt...
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states should be prepare to do ache the office of president of the united states so i am not going to comment any further. what is funny about the tapes he just looked like an aging film star. worried about his image. he was fascinated and son sumeed by the image in the media, al qaeda and personally. it looks like his best days before behind him. >> i want to go back to my first question. the cross joefr to the united states marines i took over 200 marine officers on thursday. they asked me what lesson i got out of all of the things that followed the one year celebration of the assassination or killing of bin laden. i said, it was from joe biden's mouth. he said, and i really believe this, this is to be true, that what this shows, what the killing of bin laden showed what the killing of the guy in yemen shows you get up no matter how much it takeses no matter how much it costs we will get you. >> that is a good rebuttal from biden. >> you can run but you can't hide. >> chick out this letter from bin laden quoting now. even though we were able to militarily and economically exhaust an
states should be prepare to do ache the office of president of the united states so i am not going to comment any further. what is funny about the tapes he just looked like an aging film star. worried about his image. he was fascinated and son sumeed by the image in the media, al qaeda and personally. it looks like his best days before behind him. >> i want to go back to my first question. the cross joefr to the united states marines i took over 200 marine officers on thursday. they asked...
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i am vice president of the united states of america. the president sets the policy. i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women marrying are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties, and quite frankly, i don't see much of a distinction beyond that. >> well i have to say before we get started here, congratulations to "meet the press." this is exactly the kind of thing "meet the press" is known for, sam, getting to the tough question. perhaps it struck vice president biden by surprise. it certainly struck the white house by surprise. but he came out with a from the heart response. what he really believes, apparently, without any kind of guidance or coordination, it looks like. right? this was from the heart. >> it shouldn't have struck him by surprise. they've been pressed on this issue repeatedly, often by gay publications, gay reporters, and it's always been a vexing issue for this president. from my reporting i get the sense that biden really did speak f
i am vice president of the united states of america. the president sets the policy. i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women marrying are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties, and quite frankly, i don't see much of a distinction beyond that. >> well i have to say before we get started here, congratulations to "meet the press." this is exactly the kind of thing...
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if you carry the gun, and to the united states willing to take up a life and give up your own, we have a warrior culture and someone that's codified in writing and most is unspokenen and the main is it's not about you. when we see the campaign ads, this campaign ads specifically sort of, i think president obama and that general king is right. gave credit to the ceo and to the seals, but for us, we never put ourselves in the center of any operation, whether we planned it or not did it. and it's got the feeling of that where it's about i did this, aen we did that and under my command and also, i don't think there's any president who wouldn't have made that call and it's gutsy, and the guys doing the risky is the guy with the guns. >> so, we have a quote from chris kyle, a former navy seal confirmed with credited killings, he called, he's trying to say that romney wouldn't have made the same call and anyone patriotic to his country, obama is taking more credit than he is due. and general, some have used the term stolen valor, too strong to apply in this case? >> well, i don't think we sho
if you carry the gun, and to the united states willing to take up a life and give up your own, we have a warrior culture and someone that's codified in writing and most is unspokenen and the main is it's not about you. when we see the campaign ads, this campaign ads specifically sort of, i think president obama and that general king is right. gave credit to the ceo and to the seals, but for us, we never put ourselves in the center of any operation, whether we planned it or not did it. and it's...
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who would try to attack the united states. what this dints makes clear is -- this incident makes clear is the country has to continue to remain vigilant against those that would seek to attack this country. and we will do everything necessary to keep america safe. >> bret: not a lot of details from the defense secretary leon panetta today about a thwarted plot. the u.s. officials saying they believe that al-syrie a top target in yemen was tied to this plot. he's considered one of best bomb makers working together because he uses a nonmetallic explosives called ptn. you don't need a lot of it. you can get through metal detectors. apparently there was a suicide bomber thwarted by the c.i.a. before he got on a u.s. airliner. now this happens, apparently, sometime but the president is briefed in mid-april. this is the statement from the nfc. while the president was assured that the device did not pose a threat to the public he directed the department of homeland security and law enforcement and intelligence agencies to take whatev
who would try to attack the united states. what this dints makes clear is -- this incident makes clear is the country has to continue to remain vigilant against those that would seek to attack this country. and we will do everything necessary to keep america safe. >> bret: not a lot of details from the defense secretary leon panetta today about a thwarted plot. the u.s. officials saying they believe that al-syrie a top target in yemen was tied to this plot. he's considered one of best...
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this farm in concord, north carolina, is one of only about a hundred in the united states. it helps young farmers and plays into a bigger goal. the u.s. department of agriculture says we need new farmers. the american farmer is getting old, an average age of almost 60. the usda has earmarked $18 million a year toward the goal of attracting 100,000 new farmers. >> we would like to put a big sign in rural america saying, open for business, we want you young people come our way. >> reporter: it's not lack of interest. young people just don't have the start-up money needed. the usda says the average income from a new farm in 2009 was minus $8,000. >> joe really is the future of farming. >> reporter: joe paid $240 a year to be part of this program and took an eight-week course to learn farming basics, like planting, but also how to run a farm as a business. >> have to turn this water back on here in a minute. >> reporter: the incubator farmers graduate to plots of land where they can practice the lessons of the classroom. >> where does somebody test the waters when you need a $3
this farm in concord, north carolina, is one of only about a hundred in the united states. it helps young farmers and plays into a bigger goal. the u.s. department of agriculture says we need new farmers. the american farmer is getting old, an average age of almost 60. the usda has earmarked $18 million a year toward the goal of attracting 100,000 new farmers. >> we would like to put a big sign in rural america saying, open for business, we want you young people come our way. >>...
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i'm more than happy to tell you why i'm qualified to serve in the united states senate, however. >> i have some would say better experience than barack obama had when he was a senator and ran. >> i don't know whether i would run and hillary doesn't know whether she will run. >> i'm going to say something. >> it seems -- >> impossible. >> how do we know bin laden is really dead? >> there it is. >> if mitt romney gave 10% of his income to the red cross or doctors without borders, i would be the first to say good robot. he gives it to the mormon church which spent millions here in california in a political battle to make sure the only gay at a wedding is the priest who performs the ceremony. >> the simple proposition. who do you love? >> do you believe that same sex men and women should be able to get legally married? >> are you going to start there? >> yes, i do. >> i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, are entitled to the same exact rights. >> second term with this administration come out behind same sex marriage? the institution of marr
i'm more than happy to tell you why i'm qualified to serve in the united states senate, however. >> i have some would say better experience than barack obama had when he was a senator and ran. >> i don't know whether i would run and hillary doesn't know whether she will run. >> i'm going to say something. >> it seems -- >> impossible. >> how do we know bin laden is really dead? >> there it is. >> if mitt romney gave 10% of his income to the red...
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and i think when you're running for re-election as president of the united states, it needs to be more substantive. >> was hope more substantive. >> he wasn't the president then. that was a little bit different. it did capture the times that senator obama was running in. i don't know. >> erin mcpike, you said you liked. i put you on the spot. >> it does need to be simplistic so people can tell their neighbor what it is. the backward part of it that mitt romney is just like the bush administration just like republicans in 2008, it's an indictment against that. and forward is the opposite. >> so it connotes the backwardness of bush 43 while at the same time proposing an alternative. >> exactly. >> ari? >> i'm not feeling it. i was saying before that change we can believe in gestured towards a core promise of the obama campaign which is that he was not a normal politician. some people strongly disagree with that, but that's what it jett gestured toward. >> i think wolfson probably disagreed with that at the time. >> the famed lead strategist for the hillary clinton, what it said about hil
and i think when you're running for re-election as president of the united states, it needs to be more substantive. >> was hope more substantive. >> he wasn't the president then. that was a little bit different. it did capture the times that senator obama was running in. i don't know. >> erin mcpike, you said you liked. i put you on the spot. >> it does need to be simplistic so people can tell their neighbor what it is. the backward part of it that mitt romney is just...
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you can help create a more united states. the more you know. you can help create a ♪ [ acou[ sighs ]ar: slow ] [ announcer ] all work and no play... will make brady miss his favorite part of the day. ♪ [ upbeat ] [ barking ] [ whines ] that's why there's beneful playful life, made with energy-packed wholesome grains... and real beef and egg. to help you put more play in your day. beneful. play. it's good for you. >>> the battleground map. what better indicator of which way this election will go, political polls or the unemployment rate. well, today we're taking a deep dive into the jobs picture. but we're going to do so state by state. and that's what's fascinating. let's start with nbc's battleground map as it stands right now. 231 electoral votes. seven states with 110 electoral votes sitting in toss-up. but in three states, the jobs picture is a mixed bag. take florida, for instance. a state that went for obama last night. the unemployment rate now sits at 9%. that's above the national average. it's also down from a high of 10.7%, less t
you can help create a more united states. the more you know. you can help create a ♪ [ acou[ sighs ]ar: slow ] [ announcer ] all work and no play... will make brady miss his favorite part of the day. ♪ [ upbeat ] [ barking ] [ whines ] that's why there's beneful playful life, made with energy-packed wholesome grains... and real beef and egg. to help you put more play in your day. beneful. play. it's good for you. >>> the battleground map. what better indicator of which way this...
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i think even as i want tax revenue in the united states to go up. they will place their -- the place to focus is the u.s. income tax code, not on corporate income taxes. because these are international, multiple i national companies. >> as you point out without these games that they were playing, they would have paid as much as $6,000,000,000 in federal taxes where they paid just a little over 3 billion. they paid an effective tax rate i guess you are talking about this 2011. right? >> right. >> an effective tax rate of nine %. they out romneyed romney. >> they did. they did. and they are richer than romney alleged your multi-national. romney uses tax havens in bermuda guhe doesn't have the option to keep all of this overseas to invest it overseas because think of it this way. asia accounts for more or less the same share of apple's revenue and income as the united states, all of asia. that income pool is drawing at twice to three times the rate of the united states. if you had think of apple as being a phone company, i think that's correct, they ma
i think even as i want tax revenue in the united states to go up. they will place their -- the place to focus is the u.s. income tax code, not on corporate income taxes. because these are international, multiple i national companies. >> as you point out without these games that they were playing, they would have paid as much as $6,000,000,000 in federal taxes where they paid just a little over 3 billion. they paid an effective tax rate i guess you are talking about this 2011. right?...
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. >> look, i am vice president of the united states of america. the president sets the policy. i am absolutely -- >> vice president joe biden giving us a couple of hints that the white house view of same-sex marriage could be evolving just as a key vote on the matter comes up in the battleground state. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> up first we begin with breaking news. a chilling video just released by al qaeda. on it, u.s. hostage warren weinstein, begs president obama to agree to his kidnappers' demands or else he will be killed. he was abducted last august in pakistan. the 70-year-old maryland executive has a bunch of health issues, including heart problems. here's part of the video militants posted online. >> i'd like to talk to president obama and ask and beg him that he please accept and respond to the demands of the mujahadin. if you accept the demands, i live. if you don't accept the demands, then i die. it's important you accept the demands and act quickly and don't delay. there will be no benefit in delay. it will just make things more difficult for me. but it is
. >> look, i am vice president of the united states of america. the president sets the policy. i am absolutely -- >> vice president joe biden giving us a couple of hints that the white house view of same-sex marriage could be evolving just as a key vote on the matter comes up in the battleground state. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> up first we begin with breaking news. a chilling video just released by al qaeda. on it, u.s. hostage warren weinstein, begs...
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if it work and it's kept the united states safe for this last ten years even if it is torture, it is probably worth doing. >> oh, wow. >> oh, my. wonder if she has any relatives serving in the u.s. military? that things it is a great idea that we should -- our country should throw off the ban on trture. >> stephanie: if you're going to go on television as a security expert, you might want to peruse the geneva conventions once in awhile. >> it is interesting about that point it worked. that was part of the pushback last week, the anniversary of bin laden's killing. it came up time and time again. obama had nothing to do with this. anyone would have made that call and by the way we found bin laden because of torture. this is a talking point that's never going to go away. >> nobody would with have done it. >> stephanie: yeah, of course. eric boehlert, great stuff as always. media matters this week. we'll see you again next week. bye-bye. [ applause ] >> it is not torture. but if it is, i don't care! >> stephanie: all right. 29 minutes after the hour. right back on "the stephanie miller
if it work and it's kept the united states safe for this last ten years even if it is torture, it is probably worth doing. >> oh, wow. >> oh, my. wonder if she has any relatives serving in the u.s. military? that things it is a great idea that we should -- our country should throw off the ban on trture. >> stephanie: if you're going to go on television as a security expert, you might want to peruse the geneva conventions once in awhile. >> it is interesting about that...